Mauricio Pochettino began his tenure as U.S. men’s national soccer team coach saying his players should aspire to achieve as much as the American women.

Mauricio Pochettino being appointed as the head coach of the USMNT drew a big reaction. It marks a bold and ambitious step for US Soccer. The USMNT is gearing up for the enormous challenge of hosting the 2026 World Cup.

Mauricio Pochettino began his tenure as U.S. men's national soccer team coach saying his players should aspire to achieve as much as the American women.

"I'm impressed that you remembered to say 'soccer,'" U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone quipped right after Pochettino's opening remarks. Pochettino slipped back into his default term, "football,

U.S. men’s soccer made history on Wednesday with the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as head coach of the national team.